For Mod 6, I enjoyed learning about DuckDuckGo, the search engine Katie and I chose for our 6_1 digital commercial. It has a lot of great features. I will be using it in the future personally, if not professionally. While completing the commercial I learned there are ways to get around roadblocks. For example, figuring out how to add voice narrative to Sliderocket without having to pay the upgrade fee. I was also excited when I discovered the wealth of widgets available on the internet and how easy they are to access for the most part. I look forward to having some fun with widgets in the future.
Honestly, I wasn't that enthused about the kid search engines because I'm not an elementary teacher, so they don't really interest me. But as always, I discovered new ideas and resources for teaching from this mod. For example, I really like the idea of using Twitter to have students participate in a historical figure mystery activity or other activities in social studies as found on the Ergo website through this mod's playlist. I also got some really great resources for my 11_1 research from searching DuckDuckGo and checking out some infographics mentioned in the class discussion forum.
Thanks for finding value beyond those less relevant kid tools, Jen. joyce
For Mod 6, I enjoyed learning about DuckDuckGo, the search engine Katie and I chose for our 6_1 digital commercial. It has a lot of great features. I will be using it in the future personally, if not professionally. While completing the commercial I learned there are ways to get around roadblocks. For example, figuring out how to add voice narrative to Sliderocket without having to pay the upgrade fee. I was also excited when I discovered the wealth of widgets available on the internet and how easy they are to access for the most part. I look forward to having some fun with widgets in the future.
Honestly, I wasn't that enthused about the kid search engines because I'm not an elementary teacher, so they don't really interest me. But as always, I discovered new ideas and resources for teaching from this mod. For example, I really like the idea of using Twitter to have students participate in a historical figure mystery activity or other activities in social studies as found on the Ergo website through this mod's playlist. I also got some really great resources for my 11_1 research from searching DuckDuckGo and checking out some infographics mentioned in the class discussion forum.
Thanks for finding value beyond those less relevant kid tools, Jen. joyce